L to R: Grover Gorenflo age 10,Clarence Terry Gorenflo age 35,holding George Fredrick Gorenflo age 1,Gladys Gorenflo age 15,Lelia Treadway Gorenflo age 34,Clarence T Gorenflo jr.age 5. The Mother Lelia is pregnant with my grandmother Learlean Marie Gorenflo (Gibbs).This is the last family photo taken,in april 1919 the father was injured and killed by a train in Madison county NC, 1 mo. before my grandmother was born.
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
World War 1, the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Easter Rising in Ireland . . . the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Spanish flu killed well over 20 million people world wide ...
Trains, engineers, railroad workers, passengers, depots, and spectacular tracks and bridges - these photos of steam and diesel powered transportation are from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Since the invention of the first steam train in 1804, trains have created massive cultural changes: They have changed the way we travel, the work we do, and even the food we eat. They are also a roman...
Old photos of different types of transportation - trains, planes, automobiles, and more - as well as the people who piloted them.
Of air, water, and land, only flying through the air had eluded humans for millennia. Wheels on carts as well as river boats are known to have been used since 3500 B.C. But since that time - especiall...